Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 

A squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.

Stars:

Hikaru Midorikawa, Toshihiko Seki, Ryûzô Ishino

Cast

Series cast summary:
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Heero Yuy 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Toshihiko Seki	...	Duo Maxwell 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Ryûzô Ishino	...	Chang Wufei 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Narrator / ... 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Relena Darlian / ... 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Brian Drummond	...	Milliardo Peacecraft / ... 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Mark Hildreth	...	Heero Yuy / ... 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Chris Kalhoon	...	Bright Noa 49 episodes, 1995-1996
David Kaye	...	Treize Khushrenada / ... 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Scott McNeil	...	Duo Maxwell 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Kirby Morrow	...	Trowa Barton 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Brad Swaile	...	Quatre Raberba Winner / ... 49 episodes, 1995-1996
Ted Cole	...	Chang Wufei 47 episodes, 1995-1996
Saffron Henderson	...	Lucrezia Noin / ... 33 episodes, 1995-1996
Ward Perry	...	Howard / ... 31 episodes, 1995-1996
Don Brown	...	Dr. J / ... 29 episodes, 1995-1996
Michael Dobson	...	Duke Dermail / ... 29 episodes, 1995-1996
Enuka Okuma	...	Lady Une / ... 25 episodes, 1995-1996

Storyline

In the future, humanity has constructed several space colonies. But the corrupt Treize and his organization Oz have manipulated the United Earth Sphere Alliance into controlling earth and its colonies with an iron fist. To counteract this extreme measure, rebel colonies launch Operation: Meteor; an attempt to smuggle Mobile Suits made of Gundanium alloy to earth to combat the corruption and free earth and the colonies from Oz's control. One of these "Gundams" is piloted by Heero Yuy, who is shot down and is forced to blend in to enemy society. Now up against social issues with a girl named Relena and Oz and its puppets, Heero must unite with other rebels and save his people.

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Plot Keywords:

shared universe | outer space | gundam | mobile suit | space colony | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Bandai Entertainment gundamofficial.com [United States]

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

6 March 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gundam Wing

Filming Locations:

Lompoc, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sotsu Agency, Sunrise, TV Asahi

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (49 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Naoko Matsui, the voice of Dorothy Catalonia, previously appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986) as Roux Louka. In an interview, Matsui said that when ZZ wrapped, the staff asked her "If Gundam is still going in ten years, would you like to come back?" and she responded "Sure!"

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Goofs

When Sally Po is introduced, she talks in a high-pitched, almost little girl-like voice. In later episodes, her voice is far more gruff.

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Quotes

Chang Wufei: You saw I was a boy, and you underestimated me.

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Alternate Versions

The episodes aired on Toonami are censored for violence and language.

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Connections

Featured in Anime Abandon: Top 20 Greatest Giant Robots (2013)

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Soundtracks

Just Communication
Performed by Two-Mix

User Reviews

for once, a reviewer that doesnt feel the need to flame Gundam wing

It saddened me to see the number of people panning this excellent series on this site. Gundam wing, for me, was possibly one of the best anime's I have ever see, and YES I have seen the original series.

GW's charm lies not in it's battles, but in the evolution of it's characters. sure, fanboy-puritans could aruge that they are merely vacuous pretty-boys, but I put this down to annoyance that this excellent series managed to be more popular than it's predecessors.

The characters of GW all start out with certain mannersn and opinions, yet as they move through the show, their personalities develop. Heero, for example, starts off as a cold, cruel and calculating individual, trained from birth to be the "Perfect soldier". throughout the series, he rediscovers the humanity that had been so brutally drummed out of him, through his relationship with possibly one of the most unjustly hated female characters in the anime world.

Yes, I like Relena. she's a strong character, stays true to her morals, and suffers dilemmas and hardships that any other teenager of her age does. the relationship between this pair develops gradually.

and the Battle-Philosophy! there is so much moral dilemma in this series you could use it as a test for a debating group. the definition of enemy changes repeatedly throughout the series as loyalties change and situations vary.

the battle scenes are fun, the dialogue is excellent, the dubbing is pretty good...

all in all, the only thing I could find about to complain on was the fact that the voices for the dub sound far older than the actual characters do, Zechs in particular.

If you want a fun series that will make you think if you want it to, and show the moral dilemmas that could easilly be related to today, watch Gundam Wing. you might be pleasantly surprised.